Effects of aspirin on the levels of hydrogen sulfide and sulfane sulfur in mouse tissues.
Journal Title: Pharmacological Reports - Year 2010, Vol 62, Issue 2
Abstract
This study was designed to investigate the effect of aspirin (ASA) on anaerobic cysteine metabolism, which yields sulfane sulfur-containing compounds and hydrogen sulfide (H(2)S), in mouse liver and brain. In order to solve this problem, we determined the levels of sulfane sulfur and H(2)S, and the activities of cystathionase, the enzyme directly engaged in H(2)S synthesis, and rhodanese, the enzyme that catalyzes sulfane sulfur transfer to different acceptors. Moreover, we examined the effect of ASA on glial Gomori-positive cells (GGPC) in the brain that contain sulfur-rich glial Gomori-positive material (GGPM). The studies indicated an ASA-induced decrease in H(2)S levels in the brain and an increase in the liver. ASA-treated animals had lower cerebral levels of GGPM-containing GGPCs but the sulfane sulfur level was not affected. Conversely, the sulfane sulfur content in the liver dropped. ASA did not change cystathionase and rhodanese activity in either organ. The obtained results revealed that ASA was able to influence anaerobic cysteine metabolism, leading to the formation of sulfane sulfur and H(2)S in the mouse liver and brain, and to affect the numbers of GGPM-containing GGPCs.
Authors and Affiliations
Anna Bilska, Małgorzata Iciek, Inga Kwiecień, Karol Kaniecki, Magdalena Paliborek, Eugeniusz Somogyi, Joanna Piotrowska, Bogdan Wiliński, Marta Góralska, Zbigniew Srebro, Lidia Włodek
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